#AFA837#AFA837

#AFA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA837
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -11.05, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 57.63, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0358 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.132 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3727, 37.3962, 9.1266)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA837 #373EAF

analogous

#AF6C37 #AFA837 #7AAF37

triadic

#AFA837 #37AFA8 #A837AF

tetradic

#AFA837 #37AF6C #373EAF #AF377A

square

#AFA837 #37AF6C #373EAF #AF377A

split-complementary

#AFA837 #377AAF #6C37AF

monochromatic

#524F1A #807B28 #AFA837 #CBC459 #D9D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AFA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA837

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA837	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac175',
    500: '#afa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa837;
$custom-light: #cac175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA837

secondary

#7F83C3

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA837

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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